...And you will name him

...And you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and people will call him the Son of the Most High. The Lord God, will give him the throne of King David, his ancestor. He will rule over the people of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end."

Luke 1

We wish for you everything your heart needs to have peace, adoration and happiness this Christmas. And whether your holidays are handmade or storebought or the same as last year and the year before, the blessings of the Nativity are unchanging!

Merry Christmas to all from our family!

merry christmas!

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an early present...

harold and i will be married 5 years as of tomorrow. this is always a special time of year but this year seemed extra sweet having Georgia to help us celebrate. i wanted to do something really great for him this year. he so deserves it. he is great beyond words. inside and out. great in ways that still overwhelm me. in ways that still capture my heart by surprise. i tell georgia everyday that we are two very lucky girls to have such a man rule our hearts and home. so as i thought about what would mean the most to him i realized that she and i mean the most to him. ask him and he'd tell you the same. his two girls. he means that and i know it. so georgia and i spend the afternoon talking and laughing about the man we love most. and it just so happens that is was caught on film ;)
those are just a few. he has the whole disk to himself with the others and loves it as much as i imagined. i hope georgia finds a man that will love her like her daddy loves me one day. i pray for that continually. what a gift from God marriage is.

happy anniversary baby. i sure do love you.

6 Month Update

We had Georgia's 6 month appointment today and we have ourselves one healthy baby. Praise the Lord. We talked to the doctor about the incident this weekend and asked lots of questions and he assured us that she is just fine. That is an answer to prayer. Again I say, Praise You. So here's some updates bout g. marie...

*She's 17.6 lbs (70th percentile) and 27.25 inches (95 th percentile)
*She is sitting up, holding her own bottle and can roll both ways
*She is quite the talker. Only at home though. She's quite the kid at home but quite reserved in public. (um, harold jr)
*Her eyes are hazel-ish and her hair is light & curly-ish
*She is sleeping without a swaddle or sleep sack and loves the freedom
*And lastly, she is out of Swaddlers diapers. 9 out of 10 of you won't care, but I myself still can't believe my baby is in Cruisers. Hmph.

I think she is in the process of teething because her drool is massive, her biting is constant and I caught her rubbing her gums the other day. But no teeth yet. So here's a cute shot of those baby gums...
Her motor skills are improving rapidly as well. It's amazing how quickly they learn. Her new thing is the stack of rings and she's finally figured out what it's all about...

Big girl, eh? I agree. Still can't believe she's 6 months old. Gosh. So we are having fun and enjoying the mess out of her. And sometimes when I hug her, I want to squeeze so hard that we become one again. Of course, I DON'T, but I want to. In that good kinda way.

And lastly...do yourself a favor and look closely at this picture.

This is what Georgia looked like when I walked in the house this afternoon. Harold was home with her all afternoon because I had some work to do at the office. There are so many things wrong with this but if you'll notice, the one thing that is right is her smile. And that makes everything else okay.

Have a good week. Love from Bham...

Saturday morning when i went

Saturday morning when i went to get Georgia out of bed her left eye (and a little of her mouth) was drooping considerably. I fed her and called the nurse. She paged the doctor who told us to take her straight to Children's Hospital. We spent the morning there and after two doctors and lots of consultation on their part, we still don't know what happened. They were concerned it was something called Bell's Palsy, but she improved as the day went on which ruled that out. So we are keeping an eye on her and prayerful that nothing is/was wrong. Here's a picture of her from last night. You can see her left eye still isn't opened all the way, but it is a big improvement from yesterday morning...

Nevertheless, she is her ole' happy self which gives us great comfort. There are no words to describe the feelings I had yesterday so I won't even try. But God is faithful to comfort.

Actually the ONLY comfort at times like those. I bought her some blocks the other day and she has no use for them. The bag they came in on the other hand has provided much entertainment.
And much distress...

All I did was take it for a second to try and get a picture. Gracious. She used to forget about things when they weren't in her view. Uh, not anymore. We gotta work on that baby's heart condition.

Hope ya'll have a good week. Pray for us. God hears them and they matter!

6 Months Old Today

Happy Half-A-Birthday Georgia Marie.

Happy Days

This weekend, Georgia experienced her very first birthday party. Her sweet friend, Maggie Rose, turned a year old on Saturday. Her mom, Heather and I are good friends so of course Maggie and Georgia are good friends too ya know. Here is the birthday girl...

Poor thing wasn't too excited about 30 something grown ups standing over her screaming 'Happy Birthday'. I can't say I blame her. The butter cream icing seemed to help for a bit though. Georgia would have had her first taste but nap time came before the cake was cut. Shucks. Next time you'll get some p pie.

And the other part of the trio was there too, Sarah Avery (dede's little girl). Georgia could not keep her hands off her.

She was grabbing face and neck and anything else. I gotta teach that girl some tact. She has zero!

And this weekend we prepared to go cut down our Christmas tree, but plans were changed (see below) and we just hung around in our Christmas jammies all day. Well Georgia did...Fat chance getting Harold in candy cane striped jammies ;)

And speaking of trees...looks like this is all we're getting this year.

When we pulled out some of the garland & wreaths that we had that were green and tree-like, Georgia freaked out. She would not touch it and if she got near it, she started grabbing on to me and crying. She was honestly scared to death of anything tree-like. I tried several times, thinking that she was just tired or hungry or whatever and got the same response each time. So no tree for us this year. Which is totally fine with us. At least she's okay with the nativity scene. We'd have some serious issues if that freaked her out!!!!!!!!

Enjoy the week. Love from Bham...

Fun Friday...

One of my friends had a cookie swap and lunch this afternoon and so Georgia got to see one of her most favorite people, ms. dede. I am staying at home with Georgia full time now and working from home some, and it was obvious today that she misses ms. dede as much as ms. dede misses having her. i cannot begin to tell you what a blessing that woman has been to our family. we love you tons ms. dede!!!!!!!!And what a rare occasion...a picture with mommy. I am usually behind the camera. So here's proof, I'm alive and well ;)

Have a good weekend. Love from Bham...

It's beginning...

to look a lot like Christmas. Boxes are down from the attic. Silent Night is playing. Lights are being hung. A mistletoe is hanging in the doorway and the first of the decorations, the nativity scene, is out for admiration. Our home and our hearts are preparing for the celebration of the first coming of our Savior. What a glorious time of year!